On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Damon Jason Casale wrote:

Excerpts from mail.fanfic: 10-Apr-96 Re: [FanFic] What Makes a G.. by
"David C. Yi"@welchlink. 

I was asked to repost this by a few different people on #ffml, so here
'tis...isn't much, though.  Maybe we should start a writer's FAQ?

I'm sure a FAQ already exists in at least one out of 15K newsgroups, it's 
just a matter of finding it.  It shouldn't be too difficult to ask the 
FAQ maintainer if we could post it on the remailer so that it doesn't 
take up to much mbox space :) ... um ... anyone want to volunteer?  I 
may do this, but am rather busy :P

Well, I meant a writer's FAQ specific to fanfic writing, preferably with
examples drawn from fanfics we all know and love.  <g>  Besides, don't you
want the FFML to have its own, personalized writer's guide?  ^_-

Sure!  I can imagine it now ...

Chapter 1:  So you want to write a fanfic
Chapter 2:  Writing Ranma fanfics
Chapter 3:  Do you really want to write a Ranma 'fic?
...
Chapter 20:  Fixing your Ranma 'fic
...
Chapter last_one:  Other Fanfics

:)

But I'm digressing.  Getting back to the original topic, most of us could 
use pointers and other grammatical hints.  So, who wants to write it up?

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